SENATE ECONOMIC GROWTH COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
SENATE, No. 3353
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: OCTOBER 10, 2024
The Senate Economic Growth Committee reports favorably Senate
Bill No. 3353.
As reported, this bill amends and supplements the “Right to Farm
Act” to allow housing for resident farm employees on a commercial
farm to be a permissible activity and eligible for protections under the
“Right to Farm Act.”
The bill directs the State Agriculture Development Committee to
adopt an agricultural management practice that permits the housing of
resident farm employees. The bill defines “resident farm employee”
as a person employed by the owner or operator of a commercial farm
to engage in agricultural production activities on a full-time basis on
the commercial farm. The term does not include a full-time, year-
round equine-related farm employee.